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ROBERT W HOOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRobert W Hook, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 21
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 21
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- FRANK ALFRED JENSENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- VERNE CARL KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- JOHN MATULONISSergeant · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 20
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 20
- SALVADOR DELOSS RIOSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 22
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.